◆ Data (Source: BOK)

◆ Data (Source: BOK)

1)During January 2018 the Korean current account registered a surplus of 2.68 billion dollars.

― The goods account surplus widened slightly to 8.11 billion dollars, compared to the 7.73 billion dollar surplus for January of 2017.

― The services account deficit increased to 4.49 billion dollars, from 3.34 billion dollars in January of last year, owing to a deterioration in the travel account.

― The primary income account surplus narrowed from its 1.18 billion dollar one year earlier to a 0.68 billion dollar surplus in January 2018, in line with a widened deficit in the compensation of employees account.

― The secondary income account showed a 1.61 billion dollar deficit.

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2)In the financial account there was an overall 4.11 billion dollar increase in net assets in January.